Lucas Hedges
- Acting
- December 12, 1996 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Lucas Hedges (born December 12, 1996) is an American actor. A son of filmmaker Peter Hedges, he studied theater at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Hedges began his acting career with a supporting role in Wes Anderson's comedy-drama Moonrise Kingdom (2012). He had his breakthrough in 2016 playing a sardonic teenager in Kenneth Lonergan's drama Manchester by the Sea, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Hedges then starred as an aggressive youth in an off-Broadway production of Yen and had supporting roles in the coming-of-age film Lady Bird and the drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri in 2017. In 2018, Hedges played the lead role of a teenager forced into a gay conversion therapy program in Boy Erased, which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama. He also made his Broadway debut in a revival of Lonergan's drama The Waverly Gallery in the same year. In 2023, he starred in a West End theatre production of Brokeback Mountain. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lucas Hedges, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- The American Revolution · Voice
- Sorry, Baby · Gavin
- Shirley · Robert Gottlieb
- The Premise · Jesse Wheeler
- French Exit · Malcolm Price
- Let Them All Talk · Tyler Hughes
- This Is Our Youth · Warren Straub
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride · Westley
- Horsegirl · David Horse
- Waves · Luke
- Honey Boy · Otis Lort (22 Years Old)
- Ben Is Back · Ben Burns
- mid90s · Ian
- Boy Erased · Jared Eamons
- Illegal Civilization 3 · Self
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri · Robbie
- Lady Bird · Danny O'Neill
- Pigeonhearts · Eli
- Manchester by the Sea · Patrick Chandler
- Anesthesia · Greg
- The Slap · Ritchie
- Kill the Messenger · Ian Webb
- The Grand Budapest Hotel · Pump Attendant
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Labor Day · Richard
- The Zero Theorem · Bob
- Arthur Newman · Kevin Avery
- Moonrise Kingdom · Redford
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Dan in Real Life · Lilly's Dance Partner
- Love Is Not the Answer · Director Jay
- Old Friends New Friends
- Van Sant